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THE NATIONAL ERA.
wTi-sim:m cimfin mriitii
This body met in Indianapolis, Indians, on the
VSih May, 1*51. Or. Paxton was eleotod President
pro tern, and Nathan Homas, Secretary.
Committees were appointed to choose officers ,
for the Convention, to prepare business, and to
prepare an address on the Fugitive Slave Law.
The committee appointed for the purpose reported
the following officers, viz: A. McCoy,
President, J. Paxton, Vice President; J. O'Neil
aud M. C. White, Secretaries.
J udge Stevens presented a series of resolutions,
which he accompanied with a thrilling speech.
The following are among the resolutions which
* were adopted by the Convention :
K olr-it, That American Slavery is me most
sintul, cruel, and merciless system that has prevailed
in auy civilized country, inasmuch as, under
the light of the Gospel, it deprives men not
only guiltless, hut unaccused, of crime, of every
civil and religious right; denies them legal compen?alion
for any wrong, however grievous , annihilates
in regard to them the conjugal and pareutal
relations; consigns them at pleasure to
heathenism , withholds from them the Bible; and
reduces them to the condition of brutes.
kt solvit, That it is our right to condemn and
by lawful means to abolish Biufnl institutions
wherever existing; that it is the peculiar right of
American citizens to express orally, or through
the press, their opinions of the conduct of their
representatives and of the laws passed by them,
and that every attempt to prevent or control the
free expression of opiuiou is an outrage upon the
constitutional rights of the citizens, and a dangerous
assault upon the liberties of the country.
Rtsolv.d, That we never purposed to abolish
slavery by any unconstitutional act, nor to infringe
upon the rightsof the States ; our doctrine
being universal, absolute, unconditional emancipation,
without coinpenaation ; and our measures,
under God, moral suasion and the ballot-box.
Resolitd, That we deem the Fugitive Slave
Act unconstitutional and inhuman, a dbgrace to
the country, an outrage upon civil liberty, deserving
the reprobation of every friend of God
and man and that it should be disobeyed by
every person who is not willing, anJ does not deserve,
to wear the chains and submit to the lash
of Southern despots.
RtsolitJ, That every man who Las taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the United
States, and who believes the Fugitive Slave Act
unconstitutional, is solemnly bound to oppose the
enactment, and that, in the language of Mr. Jus
.7 * Ar. T'. act of Co-n- '
gress iui)>oses no obligation on a State, or the
people ot i State, and may be resisted by an individual
or os?""? ??? 'J
Resolved, That we believe that the late act of
Congress for the recovery of fugitive slaves makes
demands upon individuals to which they cannot
yield obedience without a direct violation of the
principles of love, inercy, and justice, given by
the Saviour to his disciples, and that those professed
ministers of the Redeemer who teaoh obedience
to this law are false teachers, and unfaithful
to the high and holy profession they have
assumed.
Resolved, That now, therefore, is no time to
sleep ; it is no time to be dead ; it is the time to
wake, and work, and live anew in the cause; it is
the time to do. and suffer, until liberty shall he
enjoyed by all, it is the time for every one who
claims to be a friend of the slave to lay his all
upon the altar, to harness himself anew for the
conflict, to throw himself into the thickest of the
fight, and instead of being discouraged and tempted
to lay down arms by the untoward events of
these times, to lay himself out to do still more and
more, neither giving nor taking quarter.
r> I., v ryv i , _ g I j_ ;
jxrsuiltu, 1 Ilfit IU Hit? grUWlUg MIHl lUUrCKfllIl?
influence of the Slave Power we see abundant
need and imperative demand of the renewed real
and energy of philanthropists, or the day will
soon come when the North and the South, the
blacks and the whites, will be subjects of a common
and hopeless lot?victims alike of slavery
which knows no parallel.
Resolved, That all religious, moral, or Godfearing
persons, should in all cases boldly obey God
racier than man, and suffer rather than commit
a known sin.
Resolved, That the leadiog professedly Christian
churches of America, by fellowshiping with
slaveholders and their abettors, by refusing to
make sluveholding a disciplinable offence or to
take any steps to relieve themselves from the support
of slavery, have and still are most effectually
sustaining that towering system of iniquity?
American Slavery.
The following resolutions, offered by E. B.
Crocker, were considered separately, and, after
discussion, unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That such churches, possessing as
they do an immense moral and religious power in
this country, could in a short period of time by a
properly direoted system of notion effect the entire
abolition of slavery, and they are therefore
responsible for its continuance.
Rtsohfd, That the individual members of such
churches are responsible, each in proportion to
the extent of his Christian influence, for such
support of slavery, and becomes thereby a participator
in this great sin.
Resolved, That we further recommend thi withdrawal
of all support of the benevolent institutions
that are not openly and avowedly opposed
to slavery, and to support liberally such Christian
benevolent institutions as faithfully oppose
this system.
Resolved, That we earnestly enjoin a zealous
and contiuued effort to prevent the adoption by
the people of that clause of the Constitution in
relation to oolored people, ordered to be separately
voted upon, as most inhuman, unjust, and unchristian
On motion, the following committee were appointed
for calling similar Conventions throughoat
the State, viz : J H Tibbets, North Madison,
Jefferson county ; Lewis Folley, Lafayette, Tippecanoe
county, John J. Denting, Mishawaka,
St. Joseph oouuly; James Policy, Randolph,
Randolph county; John O'Niell, Greensboro,
Henry couuty ; Jahez Neal, Westfield, llatnil
ton county ; Z. Garrigus, Jerome, Howard coun.
ty , 8. C. A damn, Kingston, Decatur county , Dr
Riehey, Newtown, Fountain county; Jonathan
Stratum, New Loudon, Howard county; E Brook hire,
Marion, Grant county ; James Dixon,
Portland Mills, Parke county; Hosea Tilson,
Bethel, Wayne county.
On motion, it was requested that the proceedings
of this Convention he published in ihe Indiana
True D-mocrat. Nutional Era, Tru Wtileyan.
and in all papers friendly to the cause.
The Convention then adjourned sine dir.
A. McCoy, President
J Paxton, Fir' President.
f SetrMaries.
M C. White, )
t r >ui its Ohio Stsr extra.
UEED01 IUMKNTIOA AT RAYEm.
Pursuant to a Urge assemblage of the
Fneudscf f reedom frum the Western Reserve
&ud o?iev pvn..n* ?f the State, convened at Ratran
(Ate) Jaa* - <k
Prtn'mr ?.v J.toF Mvnt.ef Lake county.
\ w t": .f-v: -oaa L Gage, Morgan county
Lucretitxv I' <* . of AskuhaU county Timothy
Rockwell, of ljike J P Converse, of Geauga
Darius Lyman, of Portage county; Sidney Edgerton,
of Summit; Elisha Taylor, of Cuyahoga,
A. W. Parker, of Trumbull; Jacob Heatou, of
Columbiana.
Secretaries, H. M. Addison, Thomas Brown, L.
S. Ely, Heury Kaaaett, L. W. Hall, and J. W
Cheney.
On motion, a committee of two from each oounty
was appoiuied by the Chair, to report resolutions.
During the absence of the Committee on Resolutions,
Senator Chaae, Samuel Lewis, aud J. R.
Giddings, addressed the Convention, in able and
effective speeches, which were responded to with
the most enthusiastic plaudits by the assembled
throug.
Tk.. .... J_? ? l k._ - ?r
1 uc cirrumm tii-itj umir|?inru irj nuu^a ui
freedom, by tho I lutchinsons, to the delight and
entertainment of the Convention.
At the conclusion of Mr Giddings's speech,
the Committee on resolutions, through their chairman,
lion Daniel It. Tilden, reported a series of
resolutions, which, after being considered and
slightly Binended, were unanimously and enthusiastically
adopted, as follows:
Whereas the present National administration
has betrayed the cause of Liberty by espousing
the cause of Slavery ; and whereas the Fugitive
.Slave Law remains unrepealed, and the odious
system of American Slavery is seeking to eitend
itself over territory once consecrated to Freedom,
aud whereas the so-called Whig and Democratic
parties of the nation are preparing to engraft iuto
their respective creeds an unyielding support of
the above-named Fugitive Law as the test of partitan
fidelity?therefore
Rejolvttf,
I. That we reiterate the doctrines and firmly
adhere to the principles asserted at the Buffalo
Convention, in August, 1S48, and the Columbus
Convention in Deoember, 1W48.
That governments are constituted to secure
all men in the enjoyment of their judt rights
3. That whenever the power or iofiueaoe of
government is prostituted to the purpose of oppression,
or to take from any individual the en*
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joyment of liberty (eioept for crime) such act constitutes
a palpable perversion of the essential objects
for which governments are formed.
t. That the men or party who vote for or sustain
such a law, cannot and ought not to enjoy the
confidence of an enlightened people.
5. That the true mission of the friends of human
progress in our country is to maintain tbe
liberties of the People, the sovereignty of the
^States, and the integrity of the Union, by the application
to public affairs of the fundamental principles
of equal rights, exact justice, and no special
privileges; to a hearty cooper*1'00 in which great
work we now pledge ourselves.
6. That the question of slavery and its relations
to the State and National Governments has come,
in the progress of events, to be of paramount importance
in American politics, and that party
alone which proposes to carry ont Democratic
principles in their just application to this, as well
as all other questions, is rightfully entitled to the
Democratic twmc.
7. That the Compromise measures of the last
Congress, by making the admission of the sovereign
State of California contingent upon the
adoption of other measures demanded by the special
interests of slavery, by its omission to guaranty
freedom in free territory, by its imposition
of unconstitutional limitations on tbe power of
Congress and the People to admit new States, by
its provisions for the assumption of five millions
of the State debt of Texas, and for the payment
of equal millions and the cession of large territories
to the same State, UDder menace, as an inducement
to the relinquishment of a groundless
claim, and by its invasion of the sovereignty of
the States and the liberties of the people by the
enactment of an unconstitutional and indefensible
law for the recovery of fugitives from service,
Is proved to be inconsistent with all the
principles and maxims of Democracy, and whollj
inadequate to the settlement of the questions oi
which it is claimed to be an adjustment.
h. That the guilt of passing the Fugitive Law
of surrendering free territory to a slave Slate
and the folly of paying ten millions to Texas foi
territory to which she never had any claim, at
laches to both the Hunker Whig and Democrat
is* r.uvfi.iu ami rnnut tv.mtlniiO f.t uDu/?ll (A fhPlll
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i while the men who voted for those measures remain
with and are sustained and recognised as
acceptable members of those parties
9 That those men or parties who voted for
and now urge the enforcement or continuance o<
the Fugitive .Slave Law. should be repudiated by
all who love justice or seek the welfare of mankind.
lit That we deny the power of Congress to
pledge the people of this nation to admit another
slave State from Texas, New Mexico, Utah, or
any other Territory.
11. That sueh attempt to pledge the action of a
future Congress was worthy only the servile
nfTi i 11 er teaxs it
12 That we believe the great mass of the people,
belonging to both the Whig and Democratic
parties, really desire the happiness, elevatftu, an<i
progress of our race, and that the time has arrived
when good men of all parties should unite
for the overthrow of a oorruftt administration, and
to give effect to the "self-evident truths" provided
in the Declaration of Independence, and
which constitute the basis of our Government.
13. That the enemies of human liberty now
rule our nation, bemuse the friends of freedon
are divided in their political efforts; and that ii
is the object of the Free Democracy to rally al
who sustain the right of man to his freedom, t<
rescue the Government from the hands of thosi
who prostitute its powers to the purposes of op
cression and crueliv.
14. That the people cannot confide in the wis
doin or virtue of men or parties who hold thai
Congress possesses constitutional power to legis
late for the support, extension, or perpetuation
of slavery, or to pass any law which contravene!
the law of God, or robs man of his natural rights
15. That we cannot respect nor can we confide
in those lower law doctors of divinity who hold
human laws above the law of God, nor can wi
concur in their teachings, that the Divine law ic
subject to "contirksaional Compromises"
16. That we regard the new Constitution recently
adopted by the people of Ohio as renewed
evidence of progress in our State policy, but, a?
it does not embrace in all respects our views, we
will advocate the speedy amendment of tfie same
so as to provide for free nnd universal sutfmge,
single Iteprcsent.ative and Senatorial districts
and a more extended representation in both
branches of the General Assembly.
17. That Ivlward Wade, Lyman W. Hall
S imuel Lewis, James L. Gage and 11 II. Spel
man, be appointed a committee to call a State Convention
of the friends of freedom, to be held at
such time and place as they may deem expedient
to form a ticket for State officers.
is Rtsolva!, That we recommend the holding
of a National Convention of the friends of Free
dom throughout the Union, at Cleveland, or
Wednesday, the 24th day of September next, fo
the purpose of consulting together as to the nex
Presidential canvass, and to harmonize and unit
all the sentiment of the nation opposed to slaver,
and the slave power
19. Risolved, That we recommend to the Fre
Democracy in each county an immediate organi
z ttion; that they procure and circulate paper
and documents among the people; hold townshi
meetings and county conventions, and use ever,
means to promulgate our doctrines and principle'
Aftsr the adoption of the resolutions, Judge II
P. Spalding, being loudly called for, appearei
upon the stand and spoke for a short period, will
with his accustomed vigorous nnd effective elo
queues, the Convention testifying their approba
tion of his burning words by frequent and mos
enthusiastic applause.
The exercises of the day were full of interest
harmonious and satisfactory; the weather beauti
fill; the grove in which the Convention assembled
pleasant and delightful; the assemblnge largf
(estimated by many at two thousand and over,
and the most energetic and patriotic dctermina
tion evinced to pre?s forward and strike higher ii
the great cause of Freedom and of man.
i rie crowned swwe 01 our columns prevents u
from publishing the letter of the Hon. Charlc
Franois A Jams to the Convention.
SPIRIT IIP THK PRESS.
DEMOCR AC V V*. XUVCBV.
From the IFurONtiw Fr>e Drmocrat.
That Democracy is naturally opposed ti
slavery is as self-eviJent a proportion as that i
is unnatural for a man to enslave his own brothei
Democracy implies a community of interest
among all those comprising one Government. I
also implies movement?progress. It is the ag
gregate of all the living men and women of th
State, inspired by a common purpose, impelled b
emmon interests, moving forward for the accon
pliuhment of the commou good of all. The lit
principle of Democracy, therefore, is the deadl
foe of slavery. Whenever it and slavery fairl
grapple, slavery must bite the dust. For Detnoi
r*cy is progressive, reforming, humanising, an
seeks the highest good of the whole. There ma
be obstruction?hindrances ? in its pathway t
nroarea-. iust as there are eddies and crosa eui
rents in the Mississippi; hut the great swellin
tide of Democracy rolls stcndily on toward them
compliehment of the enfranehisement ami elev>
tion of the human race. Through the iutlt
euce of false leaders, and the hope of attaioin
desirable ends ? a sooud cuirenoy and frt
trade?it has in time p.tet allied itself with slavi
o< racy, but the signs are cheei ing that it is abut
to throw of this incubus, release itself from a
unholy connection with the slave |xiwer, and a|
ply its cardinal principles to the subversion i
aristocracy and wrong, and the maintenance <
the rights of the whole people The elections i
Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Is
and, the changed tone of the public press, tl
movements of the young Donioor.icy ?the workir
men?throughout the free and in some of tl
slave Sta'es, lead us to hope for a reorganizatic
of the Democratic pprty on a true platform
principles, in which all that is worth prcservit
in the old creeds shall be retained, and all that
right in the new shall he udopted. And conspi
uous among these principles must be?no eite
sioo of slavery?free homes and a Free Soil for
free people.
The Whig party, as such, is sold bodily to tl
slave power. Its ['resident, and Cabinet,and leai
inir < tlicials nreaeh. write letters use i he oolitic
guillotine. and tniike the tour of the free States,
chiimpion the cause of slavery Constitutional
conservative a'"' oppoaad to reform, it has at la
affiliated naturally with the slaveholders, and i
condition it now hopeless and helpless, so far
work for human freedom and human progress a
ooneerned. While seeking to obtain power,
endeavored to use the anti-slavery clement by pr
fessions of love for Free Soil, but, once in powc
it turned ita back on the men whom it had decei
ed, and it now rides, hooted and spurred, over tl
uecka of all who will not bow down to Fillmoi
slave catching and the Union. To the spirit
Democracy, renovating or reorganising the Dei
ocratic parly, must the friends of Freedom lot
for the only power that can battle successful
"gainst the encroachments of slavery, of land m
nopoly, of aristooraoy, and oouservatisiu, In all i
forma.
And this?ao far as the slave question is coi
oerned?is the oonclusiou to whioh John Uninc
Adams, at the olose of his eventful life, had eons
in a recent speech at Danvers, Maaa., Ho
Stephen C Phillip* alluded o a remark made h
John Uuincy Adams, very shortly before h
death. Oil some vote in the Mouse of Hepreeen
ativee, in whioh the Whig members, as a part;
bad not oome up their profeaeione, Mr. Adaa
. ?
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THE NATIONAL ER
turned to a circle of friends, end said, with peculiar
solemnity?
"Ah! the Whig party never will abolish slavery."
Then suddenly changing his tone, with that
slight laugh and chuckle so peculiar to him, he
said?
" It is the Democratic psrty, after all, that are to
be the real Abolitionists!"
Pointing with his long, bony finger to different
individuals in the hall, he oontinued?
"Not such Democrats as that, and that, and
that; not in my time; but by other Democrats,
and at a future period!"
His friends, somewhat surprised at this avowal
of opinion, asked for the philosophy of the thing.
Mr. Adams then went into a detail of his reasons,
saving that the Whig party had made and would
make their action the result of expediency ; that
| to secure power it would court the aid of the
South, and eventually become the pro-slavery
party; that, on the contrary, when the present
managers of the Democratic party were gone,
though seemingly l>ound indissolubly to the slave
power, it would, from the inevitable tendency of
its owq principles, become the great anti slavery
party of the country. "Never," added Mr Phillips,
"did a prophecy seem more near fulfilment."
Fiow. tlu (Boston) Democratic Standard.
i The editor of the Gazette asks :
' lias Democracy been so perfect, and Whig|
gery so vile, that the whole texture of the former
must be preserved, and every thread and vestige
i ' of the latter annihilated and placed beyond,the
re^ch of thought ?"
' | This interrogatory, irum ana irannuewi ucmands
that we should also answer in the adirma
tire?not that we would nay that the Democratic
! party has been " perfect," but that upon the sub'
ject of slavery, Democraey and Whiggery have
f held the relutar positions indicated by the question.
, This may not be flattering and palatable to the
, editor of the Gazette, and all Whig Free-Soilers,
r but truth demands that it should be said. From
- the first agitation of the question between free
doom and sluvery in this country to the present
, day, the stand-points against slavery have been
made and defended by Democrats, while the suri
renders and compromises have been made by
Whigs It was the D*viocrut. Thomas Jefferson,
who introduced the Ordinance of 1781, and it was
the Anti-Democrat, Nathan Dane, who proposed
the comfrromise Ordinance of 17S7 , it was
the Democratic, Marcus Morton, a Representative
in Congress from Mossachuseets, who in 1820
opposed the Missouri Comipromne to the IhsI, and
it was the FtdtralitU or Whiqr, Jeremiah Mason
and Henry Shaw, who surrendered to the South, {
and voted for that compromize; it was the Drmo
I i rat, David Wilmot, who proposed the " Proviso "
[ in the thirtieth Congress ;^and in 1848, when If
..??. .uxmmry to make ? si?,.J r>4
parties in favor of the non-extensiou of slavery, it
i was the Democrat, Martin Van Buren, alone of all
tite ncknovt *.?. .N . ' ~ 'V
country, that had the moral courage to take a
stand for freedom, and maintain it against the corI
rnption of party organization, and which ho still
maintains, while the Whig Websters and FillI
mores have abandoned their professions, and sunk
to the lower deeps of pro-slavery ism. Facts of
r the same purport as these might be repeated with?
out number, but the above are sufficient to show
t what by and by will be universally acknowledged,
1 that Democrocy, and not Whiggery, can be relied
) on to guard and protect by constitutional means
s the interests of human freedom. This difference
. which we have shown arises not from accident,
but from the radical difference of principle which
- lies at the bottom of the two opposing ideas
t
THE " DISSOLUTION " RTARECKOW.
1 The Trilntnc thusconeludes a long editorial up1
on that "raw-head and bloody bones" which has
! so often been successfully used to frighten North*
1 em cowards and cravens into concessions to the
i South:
1 Sifting the chaff out of the whole subject, here
is what we have left. The Union was to be dis"
solved, if the North should have the "audacity "
\ v lutj ifuii^o uuun i i/u juuj/v/nv iu cauiumo . ij?
1 South from the territories to be acquired from
1 Mexico Then, after having obtained the tcri
ritorieB, it was to be dissolved if the South was
not allowed to have a specific proportion of them
1 for Slavery?to wit?all below 'Ui degrees 30 min1
utes. Then, again, it was certainly to be dissolved
if California was admitted as a free Slate. Hut
' all these things have beeu done, and no dissolution
has followed; we have escaped all the threatened
dangers, nnd the very recollection of them is
' fading from the public mind. Now, wc have it
> from the best authority, that the Union is to be
dissolved if a certain law, passed in the year )8'i0,
' relative to fugitive blacks, whose chiefest advantage
and recommendation is that it enables the
1 South to catoh runaways at five thousand dollars
r a head, should be repealed or amended.
" To this complexion it b&? come at last."
Tell it not in Gath! It is an awful dwindleAnd
how people can keep their c ountenance while
p wielding such a puny terror, after what we have
beard iu the last two or three years, passes our
M com prehension There is neither 11 ish nor roar
' at such a performance. It is no more like some
of the Southern touches at disunion that we have
| alluded to, than a streak of dirty yellow paint is
like a flash of lightning. We protest, in behalf
I of the national reputation of some of our great
men, and of the respectability of our Whig Administration,
that this belittling process should cease,
at least in official circles
I'KB! (Hi1 KHV. JRKSR HrHRIIlR
This missionary, it will be remembered, was ex,
polled lately from the State of North Caroliua.
' Wo give below hie letter detailing the conduct
' of the mob. 11 is letter is dated, Guilford, May (>,
fj after writing that he is Buffering from temporary
illness, he proceeds
m " I would have kept within doors this day, but
B for the fact that I mistrusted a mob would be out
to disturb my congregation, though such a hint
hud not been given me by a human being. About
<i o'clock this morning i crawled into my carriage
and drove eighteen miles, which brought me to
my meeting place, eight miles eaet of Greensboro'?the
place 1 gave an account of a few weeks
since?where some seven or eight persons gave
o their mimes to go into the organisation of a Weet
leyun Methodist Church. Well, sure enough, just
before meeting time (12 o'clock) I was informed
s that a pack of rioters were on hand, and that they
t had sworn I should not fulfil my appointment
this day. As tbey had heard nothing of this bee
fore, the uews came upon some of my friends like
y a clap of thunder from a clear sky ; they scarcely
i- knew what to do. I told them I should go to
e meeting or die in the attempt, and like 'good sol
y diers' they followed. Just before I got to the
y arbor, 1 saw a man leave the crowd and approach
- me at the left of my path. As I was bbout to pass,
d he said
y "Mr McRride, here's a letter for you."
if I took the letter, put it into my pocket, and
r said, " I have not time to read it until after meetIt
>ng"
d- " No, you must read it now."
i- Seeing that I did not stop, he said, " I want to
t- HpciiK io you. necaoning wim uis nana, anu turn
g infr, expecting me to follow.
? " I will talk to you after meeting," said I, pulls
ing out tuy watch ; " you nee I have no time to
it spare?it is just twelve"
11 As I went to go in at the door of the stand, a
p- man who had taken his seat on the step rose up,
if placed his hand on me, and said, in a rery excited
of tone?
in " Mr. McBride, you can't go in here "
il- Without offering any resistance, or saying a
ie word, I knelt down outside the stand, on the
ig ground, and prayed to my " Father," plead Mis
ie promises, such as. " When the euemy conies in
>n like a tlood, I mil reir up a standard against "
of him ; " 1 am a present help in trouble "I will
ig fight all your battles for you ; " prayed for grace,
is victory, my enemies, \c. Hose perfectly calm,
c- Meantime my enemies cursed and swore some,
n- hut most of the time they were rather quiet. Mr
a Hiatt, a slaveholder and merchant from Greensboro',
said:
ie " You can't preach here to-day ; we have conic
d- to prevent you We think you are doing harm ?
at violating our laws," Jic.
? n... _k..> J. ? J
I u r IVUI wuni IIUIUUIIIJ t?l? JUll lilUI VUIUIIllUH
ly nnd prevent mefrom preaching f Are you tuthorat
i?ed ?>y the civil authority to prevent me ?"
ts "No, air."
as " Hat Oo<l sent you, and dors lie enjoin it on
re you aa n duty to atop me ?"
it " I am unacquainted with Aim."
o- " Well, 1 acquaint now thyaelf with Him, and
>r, he at peace ;' and he will give you a more honv
orahle business than stopping men from preachhe
ing Ilia (ioapel. The judgment day ia coming
?, on, and I summon you there, to give an account
of of thia day'a oouduot. And now, gentlemen, if I
n- hare violated the lawa of North Carolina, by
tic them I am willing to he judged, condemned, and
ly puniahed , to go to the whipping-poet, pillory, or
o- jail, or even to hug tha stake Hut, gentlemen,
ta you are not gennally a pack of ignorHmuaea; your
good aenao touches you the impropriety of your
n- count; you know that you are doing wrong , you
iy know that it ia not right to trample all law, both
e. human and Divine, In the duat, out of profeaaed
n. lova lor it You muet see that your oourae will
y lead to perfect anarchy and confusion The time
ia may ooma when Jacob limit may be in the mlt
nority, when Au principles may be as unpopular
y, aa J esse McBrida'a are now. W hat then T W hy,
ta if your oourae prevail#, he muat be lynohed ?
A. WASHINGTON, I
whipped, atoned, tarred and feathered, dragged
from his own house ; or his house burned over his
head, and hs perish in the ruin*. The persons
became food for the beasts they threw Paniel to;
the same fire that was kindled for the 'Hebrew
children' consumed those who kindled it, Haman
stretched the same rope he prepared for Mordecai.
Yours is a dangerous course, and you must
reap a retribution, either here or hereafter. We
will sing a hymn." said I.
" Oh, yes," said H , 41 you msy sing."
44 The congregation will please assist me. as I am
quite unwelland I lined off the hymn,44 Father,
I stretch my hands to thee." &a, rioters and all
helping to sing. All seemed in a good humor,
and I almost forgot their errand. When we
closed, I said, " Let as pray "
41 G?d d n it. that's not singing," said one
of the company, who stood back pretty well.
While we invoked the Divine blessing, I think
many could say, " It is good for us to k* here"
Before I rose from my knees, after the friends
rose, I delivered an exhortation of some ten or
fifteen minutes, in which I urged the brethren to
steadfastness, prayer, &c , some of the mob crying.
44 Lay hold of him !" 44 drag him out! " " stop
him !"&c
My voice being nearly drowned by the tumnlt,
I left off. I was then called to have some conversation
with H , who repeated some of the oharges
be preferred at first?said I was bringing on in
surrection, causing disturbance. &0.; wishing me
to leave the State , said he had some slaves, And
he himself was the most of a Blave of any of them,
had harder times than they had, and he would
like to be shut of them, and that he was my true
friend.
"As to your friendship, Mr. H., you have acted
quite friendly, remarkably so?fully as much so
as Judas when he kissed the Saviour. As to your
having to be so much of a slave, 1 am sorry for
you ; you oni{ht to frttd. As to insurrection, 1
am decidedly opposed to it, have no sympathy
with it whatever. As to raising disturbance and
leaving the State, 1 left a little motherless
daughter in Ohio, over whom 1 wished to have an
oversight and care. W hen 1 left, 1 only expected
to remain in North Caroliua one year; but the
people dragged me up before the court under the
charge of felony, put me in bonds, and kept me-,
and now would you have me leave my securities
to suffer, have tne lie and deceive the court? "
" Oh ! if you will leave, your bail will not have
to suffer; that can, 1 think, be settled without
much trouble," said Mr H.
" They shall not have trouble on my account,"
said I.
After talking with Mr H and one or two more
on nersonal Dietv. &c. I went to the arbor, took
my Heat in the door of the stand for a minute;
tbeu rose, and after referring to a few texts of
Scripture to show that all those who will live
godly shall sutfer persecution, 1 inquired, 1st.
What is nersicution ? Vndly, noticed the fact,
' shall sutfer ; ' gave a's/n'opfieal nistoryo. per^
secu'ion, by showing that Ahel was the first martyr
for the rigj^t?the Israelites'sufferings. The
pfoffttHtWwere rftuuvi, were'wnwn' aauiid?A,*,wef?
tempted, were slain with the sword, had to wander
in deserts, mountains, dens aud caves of the
earth, were driven from their houses, given to ferocious
beaats. laehed to the stake, and destroyed
indifferent ways. S|>oke of John fhe Baptist;
showed how he was jwrsecuted, and what the
charge. Christ was persecuted for doing what
John was persecuted for not doing Spoke of the
sufferings of the apostle*, and their final death ;
of Luther and his coadjutors; of the WcsleyB
and early Methodists; of Fox and the early (Quakers
; of the early settlers in the colonies of the
United States Noticed why the righteous were
persecuted, the advantages thereof to the right- j
eous themselves, and how they should treat their
persecutors?with kindness, &c. Spoke, I suppose,
some half an hour, and dismissed. Towards
the close, some of the rioters got quite angry, and
yelled, ''Stop him!" "Pull him out!" "The
righteous were never persecuted for d d abo- \
litionism," &c. Some of them paid good atten- i
tion to what I said. And thus we spent the time '
from twelve to three o'clock, and thus the meeting
passed by.
nroiner uear, i bid more hdu mure cjunrineu
in the righteousness of our cause 1 would rather, I
much rather, die for good principles, than to hare
applause anil honor for propagating false theories
and abominations. Yon perhaps would like to
know how l.feel. Happy most of the time; a
religion that will not stand persecution will not
take us to Heaven. Blessed be God, that I have
not, thus far, been suffered to deny Him Sometimes
1 hare thought that I was nearly home. I
generally feel a OMpness of soul, but sometimes
my enjoyments *MMNurou8 ' hare had a great
burden of praya^^^nndear flock ; help me pray
for them Tha^^^Bj hare not heard of one
of them giving ^^HHfniQg, and 1 believe some,
if not most of tdpWbld go to the stake rather
than (civ* Wek. t forgot tu any i reiwl a part of
the fifth chapter of the Acts of tho Apostles to
the rioters, commencing at the 17th verse 1 told
them, if their institutions were of God. 1 could not
harm them ; that if our cause was of God, thny
couhl not stop u?that they oould kill me, but they
could nor kill the truth. Though I talked plainly,
I talked and felt kindly to them.
1 have had to write in such haste, and being
futiiriipil uii.l linwpll mv letter in discnnneeteil
I meant to give you a copy of the letter of the
mob Here it is:
" Mr M< Bribe :
" We, the subscribers, very and most respectfully
request you not to attempt to fulfil your
nppointment at this place. If you do, you will
surely be interrupted.
[Signed by 32 persons ]
" May 6, 18!51.
Some wi re professors of religion?Presbyterians,
Kpiscopal Methodists, and Methodist Protestants.
One of the latter was an "exhorter"
I understand some of the crowd were negro traders.
Farewell, J. MiBkiuk.
t nrre?|iondence of the Huston Transcript.
TUB NEW KIRK AMIMILATOR.
New York, June. 8, ls.11.
M k. Km roR As this most wonderful invention
is now attriicting public attention, I propose to
offer your readers such a description of it as my
limited knowledge of its peculiar construction and
operation will allow It is known as " PhilhpJ
Fire Aunhilnior, and is now in successful operation
ijpd use in Kngland. So entirely has it answered
the expectations of the inventors, that it
has already been introducnl into the residences of
the nobility, from the Uneen down?and also into
the Crystal Palace Lord Brougham recently
stated in Parliament th it he intended soon to submil
i& nrnrukftition tint nn vpbuaI h.. aIIawu.I tn ??<->
to sea without a suj ply of these annihilators on
hoard. I mention then.- f.iots to show that I am
not talking about a thing of possibilities and probabilities
? but of actual, permanent, practical
existence
' Phillips' Annihilatorextinguishes tire without
the use of water The machines are of
various sixes, depending upon the use to which
they are r? quired to he applied Those ordinarily
used for the protection of dwellings and stores
are about the sixe of a coal-scuttle, and weigh
about twenty pounds each They are made of
strong sheet iron, somewhat in the form of a pail,
with a strong cover, and with various compartments
inside. Within these several divisions are
placed a number of chemical preparations, which,
when brought into oonUcv by a simple mechanical
ooutrivnuce, |>roJb?i aw immense volume of
gaseous vapor or steam, which rushes out of an
aperture in the corner and fills the room This
vapor, coming in contact with the lUmc, instantly
extinguishes it. although it can he breathed with
perfect impunity. A room that is filled with Hantes
and smoke, so as to be inaoceseihle under ordinary
circumstances, can readily be entered with one of
these machines in operation
The Annihiluilor instantly envelopes itself, and
the person holding It, in an atmosphere which
can be breathed, and at the ;same time Weepa at
bay and extinguishes all flame in the apirtment.
I have not examined the chemical preparations, or
me result or metr oomninuuon, no an to urate the
precise chemical effect upon the flame in extinguishing
it. But that such ia the effect, no one can
doubt who ban paid any attention to the accounts
given in the English journals The London 7W.?,
in giving a report of some experiments witnessed,
aays Before this eiperimcnt wis shown, Mr.
Phillips gave a sort of etpi matory lecture, illustrated
on a smaller scale lie stated that the
great sdvantages paeeessed hy the gits employed
by him over water were as follows The gas
wai evolved at a temperature of about I0t> degrees
Fahrenheit, and came in contact with flames having
a temperature of about .'100 degrees, and under
which tempcrtaure it oould not exist The gas absorbed
part of this bent, and not only in proportion
to its original volume, but expanded as much
as a hundred times more, each part still retaining
highly absorbent powers.
Now, water thrown into a body of tUme only
acted on the part immediately in contact with it,
althought it might bn used at say 3'J degrees
Fahrenheit, much lower than the gas, yet it was
found that a very small part assumed the form of
vspor in eotning in ooatnot with ti tme.and spread
through it; the greater quantity fell down by ite
superior weight, nad was wasted. Mr. Phillips
then showed na nxperiment to prove this. He
lighted coal gas in the hold of n model of a ship,
aud poured jug after jug of water on it without
any effect, hut immediately the vapor was brought
in contact with it. the flame wae extinguished.
The coet of anon n machine as I have inentioed,
when charged, ie about ten dollars; and can be
re-charged for on* dollar. One eueh machine is
abundantly sufficient for the protection of any or
>. C., JULY 10, 1851.
dinary dwelling-house or store. Larger machines,
toruu on wheel*, and to which hose o*n be attached,
and used for large Area, cost from two to three
hundred dollar* each.
The following description of a series of striking
experiment* with the Annihilator, by Mr. Phillips,
will be read with interest. It is taken from
the London Shifting Gnz-ite :
"We attended another demonstration of the
powers and applicability of this wonderful invention
at Milbank,on Tuesday last, the spot chosen
(Messrs. Johnsou's stone-yard) being especially
for the convenience of members of the Legislature
and other able men. Our business in attending
these experiment* frequently is to find out the
cause of failure, should such occur, but the more
we see of the operation, the more we are convinced
of ite unerring certainty, rendered also more
valuable by the facility with which it is applied
under every conceivable circumstance which may
attend a conflagration. The first exhibition was
in a wood frame house, filled with planking and
shavings saturated with turpentime and tar ; wheu
fiercely ignited, the flames pouring out of the
windows and through the roof, the application of
two hand machine* quenched the fire completely
in three minute*.
" The second trial waa on a tank, twenty feet
long and nine feet wide, constructed of wood, and
filled with gas tar .this, the most inflammable material
known, was set on fire, and allowed to attain
the greatest possible intensity, driving the
spectators to a distance ; a stream of vapor directed
from the machine chased away the flame; and
this experiment, like the first was completely sue
#-i tw. iLt i i _i :
ucbbiui. jl ac miru, uuwcver, wum h more itupvrtant
affiair, and the more particularly interesting
to as, aa it is to the shipping interest that we
would earnestlj commend the invention. The
hold of a vessel of about l.r?0 tons, moored off the
wharf, was filled with sugar hogbheads, turpentine
barrels, resin barrels,&c., all being filled with
shavings, on which turpentine and resin was
plentifully sprinkled; the whole was set light to
frotn below, and the hatches opened to give the
fire firmer play. When the combustion was complete,
and the Haines asc-nded high abovo the
decks, two men, each bearing a No. 8 machine,
by simply directing the nozzle of the apparatus to
the nperture, succeeded in dispelling every trace
of burning in far less time thau it takes to record
the fact; and as the vapor in this case descended
to do its extraordinary work of annihilating the
mighty antagonistic element, it was indubitably
manifest to every.beholder that it might with ease
and certainty by applied under every possible contingency
on shipboard, both life and property being
rescued from the awful danger ail but instantaneously,
on the application."
A similar description of the above experiments
is given in the London Times, Chronicle, Post,
Advertiser, Journal, &c,all expressing entire satisfaction
with the results witnessed
In conclusion, I will glsnoe at a few of the
t u v ?? --r?
invention over water in extinguishing
fire
1st. It is directly at hand, and can be applied
1,. vka -I'.houW ~?.' -1 -('era Is
of ten, fires, when first discovered, are confined to
one room . and although the room may be ao filled
with smoke and fi tme as to beentirely inaccessible
with the ordinary apparatus of water, yet.
with one of theae fire Aunibilators in hand, the
room can be entered with safety, and the flames
at once extinguished. The gas thrown out envelopes
the person holding the machine in a vapor
which is breathed readily, and at the same time
drives the flames away and extinguishes them
With the present tardy arrangement, an alarm is
given, and before water from the engines can be
brought to bear upon the fire, the whole house
may be in flames.
2d. The gasor vapor, when thrown into a room,
penetrates every part and performs its office without
being directed to any particular point. Water
will only extinguish a fire by being thrown directly
upon the ignited mass from which the flame
springs. This cannot always be accomplished.
Water has no effect upon a /lam?, that element
which spreads and communicatee the fire. Firemen
know very well it is useless to play upon a
flame.
3d. A child of ted years old can operate the
Annihilator, for he has only to turn a plug, give
a rap with his fist, then throw it into the room on
fire, and the work is done. Water is not always
at hand, and if it were, the room caonot probably
he entered so as to throw it in the burning part.
' The result is, an alarm must he given.
4th. The gas from the Annihilator is perfectly
i harmless to goods, dresses, or furniture, that may
i be in the room. It is well known that water is
' about as injurious aa fire.
It may well heosked, why it is that an invention
| of such practical importance should be in success!
ful operation a whole year in England, before it
in infmHunMl into this country ? The onlv an
Hirer ! can tnuiiftne is, that the English patentees
; and monopoliHts hare hoped to adrnnoe its value
| and price in this country, by its increasing
j European reputation If this he true, they hare
exhibited a very selfish and illiberal spirit towards
us. Yours, respectfully,
G. Q, COI.ton.
A. M. GANG EWER,
Attorney and A%ent, Washington City, D. C.,
ATTENDS to claim* for Pensions, Honnfy Land, Kxtrs
Par, and Arrearages of Pay, ami the settlement of Accounts
before the several Departments of the Government.
Ile/erenrrs. ? Hon. S. P. Chase Ohio ; Hon. I). Wilmof,
Pennsylvania; Hon. O. Cole, Wisconsin; Hon. Ellis Lewis,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania; lien. Edward Armor, Carlisle.
Pennsylvania; Dr. (i. Hailey, Editor Natioual Era; and the
accounting officers generally. June fi?tlm
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JH. WHITKHUKST has extended the Held of his ope
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street. Petersburg; Main street, Norfolk; and Main
strret, Lynchburg, Virginia.
His beautifully and highly finished Elecfro Daguerreotypes
are an extraordinary improvement, insuring faithful
and highly finished likenesses in a few seconils.
The rotary back ground invented by J. H. Whitehurst,
gives an airy and living appearance to the picture.
He is the patentee of the Morteotype, the art of imbedding
Daguerreotype likenesses in tombstones, so as to make thein
resi-t the ravage* of time end weather.
Whltehurst's establishment* now distribute more than
thirty thousand pictures annually,and haveuever given dissatisfaction
! This i* oertainly a flat taring proof of the superiority
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J. H W. ealls the attention of the publlr generally to his
elegantly furnished tiallery over l.ane A Tuoker's newt
store, where a free exhibition of picture* will be siren.
Notwithstanding the usual competition in Hag uerreo types
at the recent fair of the Maryland Institute, he was awarded
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LikeneSi-e* of erery description Copied, and post mortem
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light and haary blast, which is warrauted superior ta em
other kind now In nee, reuniting much lase power for tin
samt blast, and whan In tautloa making ho notas Iron Knll
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ed on the meet reaeuwable terms All orders promptly at
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A TTOtHKYM add GWasatfars ml Umm, and VetoOar
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community on the curative power* contained In the aaraa
peril!a root, the great reputation anil extended uee of wbteb
ha* been mainly attributable to the tuauy wonderful cure.*
effected by the um of tbia preparation. While sarsaparilla
root forme an important part of ite combination, It ia at the
earn* time compounded with other vegetable reuiediee of
great power, and it ie in the peculiar combination ami sei
entitle maimer oi ita preparation that ite remarkable success
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Those needing a remedy and ptiriUer like this, are requested
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ble cure" effected by its use, and what it has effected once
it can effect again.
FROM KENTUCKY.
INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM CURED.
Habdstown, Kbntlcxt, July 10, 1&19.
Messrs. Sands?(Jcnllemen :
It ia my duty to o.-anmunicate facts iu relation to the ben
eflcial effects of your bareaparilla. My wife was afflicted
with inflammation and eorcneaa of the stomach of the worst
character; her limbs and cheat were much swollen ; she had
constant headache, and last spring was attacked severely
with Inflammatory rheumatism. The beat medical aid we
coma oi'(?in anoruea only momentary relief; ana while in
this situation, she heard of the many remarkable cures effeetud
by the ute of SarulP SursajmriUa, Mid eotuuienwd
its use, which produced instant relief, and lea* than fix hot
tie* entirely removed all the dropsical swelling and every
other inflammatory symptom, restoring her to perfect
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it to be my duty to encourage the suffering portion of the
human family to use Sutuiy Sursa/iarUiti, which I believe
hae no parallel in the catalogue of medioine.
IVI'.h feeling* of lasting gratitude, I remain vour friend,
SAMUEL r. HAKUEK.
Head the following, from New Urlewe :
Nbw Orlbans, Nocrmber 12, 1S49.
A/nir.i. Samlt?UeiUifiiifH :
I take the liberty of sending you a letter which may be of
importance tu those who are differing aa I have done I received
great benefit from your SurtapwU a, having been
cured of a malady after suffering aix j earl I hereby cheerfully
certify to the good effect of your medicine, and i hope
Uod will reward you for all the good you have done. A
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attacks of fever induced me to beliert that 1 should die
with consumption. One day, while suffering a violent attack
of burning fever, a iriend persuaded me to try your incomparable
medicine, but, to tell the truth, I had no confl
deuce in it. I Anally purchased a bottle, and by Its use and
the help of Uod I was restored to better health than I had
enjoyed for six years. I cannot but bias* the author of this
admirable medioine.
With great respect, I am, gentlemen, your most obedient
servant, KEKMIN UHOliPAZ.
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Nbw Durham, Nbw Jkrsbv, JuruVi, IMfl.
Afessr.t. Snni/i?(itnllemm:
My wile suffered with a distress and burning in ber chest
for many years, and my daughter was afflicted from ber
birth with a humor in her^blood. W? consulted various
physician., ? / without atmlo
benefit, until we heard, through Kev Thomas Davis, of the
great medicinal value of Bandt' Sariotxiriila. On his rec..-taeudatien
my wife ?i/J daughter decided on tryiiig it,
and soon experieneeffYevw>*?*J'1 benefit My daughter's
skin assumed a new appearanoe entirely; from being rough,
hard, and scaly, it became smooth and soft. My wife's sufferings
are almost gone, and its use a short time longer,It is
niv firm belief, will produee a perfeot cure.
Vours with respect, U.S. HKNDKICKSON,
Pastor of the Baptist Church at the
English Neighborhood.
(KT" Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. B. 4'
D. SANDS. Druggists and Chemists. 1(111 Kulton street,
corner of William, New York. Sold also by Druggists generally
throughout the I'uited States and Canadas.
Price $1 per bottle; si* bottles for $5.
For sale by R 8 PATTERSON and CHS. STOTT
4- CO., Washington; by ROBERT SHOEMAKER,
Philadelphia: by COLBY 4* CO., Baltimore; and by
8ETUW rnlVLE. Boston April 3?m3?
AVER* CHERRY PECTORAL,
FOR THE CHIRR OF
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, BRONCHITIS,
WHOOPING-COUGH, CROUP, ASTHMA, AND
CONSUMPTION.
THIS invaluable remedy for all diteaaeaof the Throat and
I .imr. has .vKtminA.il n omltiKv-ttw Imba t?o
cures, never equalled by any other medicine before. Other
preparation* hare shown themselves palluUirtt, arfd sometimes
effected notable cures, but none has ever so fully won
the confidence of every community where it is known. After
years of trial in every eliraate, the results have Indisputably
shown it to possess a mastery over this dangerous class
of diseases, which could not fail to attract the attention of
physicians, patients, and the pnblieat large.
See the statements, not of obeeure individuals and from
far distant places, but of men who are known ami respected
throughout the country.
The widely celebrated surgeon, Or. Valentine Mott, of
New York eity, says :
" It gives me pleasure to certify the value and eftleacy of
Ajer't Cherry Perioral, which I consider peculiarly adapted
to cure diseases of the throat and lungs."
Or. I'erkius the venerable President of the Vermont Medical
College, one of the eminently learned physicians of this
country, writes, the Cherry Pectoat is extensively used in
this section, where it has shown unmistakable evidence of
its happy effects upon pulmonary diseases.
The Kev. John I). Cochrane, a dUinigulsbed clergymau of
the hnglish Church, writes to the proprietor, from Montreal,
that he has " been cured of a severe asthmatic affection
by Cherry Pectoral." His letter at full length may be found
iu our circular, to be had of the agent, and is worih the attention
of asthmatic patients
This letter is from the well-known druggist at Hillsdale,
Michigan, one of the largest dealers 111 the State ; aod this
case is from bis own observation:
"Hillsdalk, Mich.,December 10,18-19.
" Dsa r Sir : Immediately on receipt of your Cherry Pectoral.
I carried a bottle to ao acquaintance of mine, who was
thought to be near his end with quick consumption. Hswas
then unable to rise from his bed, and was ex'remely feeble
His friends believed be must soon die, unless relief could be
obtained for him,and I induced tbem to give your excellent
medicine a trial I immediately left town for three weeks,
and you may judge of my surprise, on my return, to meet
him lu the street on my way home from the cars, and find
he had entirely recovered Tour weeks from the day ht
commenced taking your medicine, he was at work at his arduous
trade of a blacksmith.
" There are other eases, within my knowlei^e, where the
('/terry Pectoral bu be-'U singularly successful, b'lt none so I
marked as this. Very truly yours,
O. \V. UNDKKWOOD."
" Hanovrr, Ohio. April 3,18TiO.
"I)kar Sir: I wish I could tell all who suffer with a
cough. what your Cherry Perioral has done for me. It does
seeiu 'hey might be benefited by the information I had a
lung fever which left my lungs weak aud inflamed. Being
very feeble, and unable to gain strength at all, my friends
thought I must soon sink in consumption. I had no appetite,
and a dreadful cough was fast wearing me away. I begen
to lake your beautiful medicine by the advice of a clergyman
who had seen its effects before. It eased iny oough
at firs', and gave me rest at nl tit. In less than a fortnight
I could eat well and my cough had ceased to be troublesome,
my appetite returned and iny food nourished me which soon
restored my strength. Now, aftvr fl re weeks, I am well and
strong, with no other help than your Chsrry Pectoral.
" Yours, with respect, JULIA DEAN.
" I hereby certify that the above statement of iny wife is
In conformity with my own views of her ease, and her cure
by Ayer's Cherry Peotormi. JOSEPH LEAN.
"The above named Joseoh (lean, and JnMa his wife, are
personally known to uie, and implioit confidence may be
placed in their statement
SAMUEL U. VAN UEKWENT,
Pastor of the Baptist Church."
fry Prepared and sold by JameiC. Ayer, practical chemist,
Lowell, Mass., and sold by the druggists generally
throughout the United States and Canada. May !">?3m
TIIE FREE PRESBYTERIAN.
rpHIS paper (under the editorial control of Rer. Joseph
X Cordon, Ke?. John Rankin, corresponding editor,) will
complete the first half rear of ita eilsfeoee on Wednesday,
J Miliary let, I8SI. The subetantlal farora extended to It
tbue far ehow that such a Journal wae needed by the rellgioua
community. It will be the etndy of the editor to make
It* column* a etfll more full eiponent or the principle* and
riew* <,f those who daelre the church to take high and holy
ground on the great moral <jue*tlon? which now agitate the
world. Tht AVer Prtthyieruin will steadily aim to present
the religion of the Un Jmui Chrlet (a* it la) in harmony
with all true reform?social, moral, and leglalatire?and in
' uDcumpromielng boetility to all that I* wrong, whether It
find IU lodging place in (.'hurrh or State.
While It I* pmfeenedly the organ of the TVce Presbyterian
Church, and will maintain the distinctive principle* which
separate It from other branches of the Presbyterian family,
Hit AYe* Presbyterian will not be a mere sectarian sheet,
but will most heartily co operate with every other Instrumentality
calculated to promote the glory of Uod and the
highest good of man.
Tenue, two dollars per annum. Address
WILLIAM r. I.UKK. Publisher
i Jan. 3. Mercer, Mercer Co., Pa.
HENRY H. PAXTON,
ATTORNEY and Counsellor at I/*W, and Holiritor In
fThencerr. I'adla. Harrison conrty. Ohio J an #
THOMAS EMERY,
MANUFACTURER of Lard Oil, Star and Adamantine
Candies, 3J Water street, between Main and Walnut
streets, Cincinnati, Ohio.
N H. Cash paid for Not I an t 1 lard, grease, mutton and
beef tallow. May in?tr
HMI1 MINER At tO ,
DEALERS in (heap Publications, he, Smithfield street,
between Second end Third, Pitlehurgh, Pa. This is
tht most extensive Cheap Publication House in the West,
' where inav aiwais be found the principal Magsaine*, and
, new and old novels. Annuals. Oift Hooks, Ac.
Stationery of every kind, Hay Honks and Ledger*, Pas*
, H<K,ks, common and fancy Envelopes Inks, and in short
everything la that line of busioesa. Kor sale wholesale and
retail, a* cheap as can be purchased in any city in the L'ni,
ted Stats*
The National lira and other periodical are kept for sale
I Keb 13?lyg
FRIENDS' ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
rpillS Inetitution is situated in a pleasant and healthy
I -a. ui iu> cuuuir7, ii>iui byc miien norm ni rnr < n v or
r Philadelphia. It t? under the care of l?r, Joshua H. Wurthinfton,
Superintendent, mil William ami Mar; 0. Birdtail,
Steward and Matron, and la visited weekly by a Com
, mittee of the Manager*
i The Asylntn wae fonuded in tb? year IHI3, by members
of the Society of Krlcndx, with a view of aflordiu* to those
atflii'ted with inaanity tb? domestic comfort* usually found
In a private family, comhined with kind and effcrietit moral
and medical treatment.
Application for the admission of patient* may b? made
I either personally or by letter add rented to
CHAR LBS hi,I.IS,
f Clerk of the Board of Managers, No. 06 Chestnut
f street, Philadelphia, ?r to
r WILLIAM BKTTIJt,
f Se'retaryof the Committee on Admissions, Ne.
* Jan 9. I I v.inh I'hird street, Philadelphia
[ BALTIMOHK ANI? W t Mt I X. TON KAILROAUHour
of firptirturt I In Pat i fist or T> aiwst
pttOM Washington at 6 A. M. ami A P. M. daily, Md ?
-a A. M daily except Sunday. . , ??
> Krom Baltimore at 6 A M. and J F M. dallT.awd** *
? dally except Sunday T. H. PA a RON*, ^
Jan
LAW o?rn k.milvmbo*.
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VOL. V.
t eevuland WATER (THE ESTABLISHME-NT.
THK above Ketabllihraetit, kavlnf been put in line or i. .it
now eowitnenoing lu fourth >?u.>n The euro-,.*
which bM attended it tbut fWr enable* the iubi,rril?r to tay
with confidence, to all who with to make a pno-ti, ?.
ti?n of tin Wafer Curt Treatment, th?t they tu puraut it
here uuder tb# iuuft favorable auipien lor the rtmoval of I
dictate The location, although in the immediate vicinity
of ooe of the moot beautiful oitiet in tht l'ni?n. it (till very
retired. The water it very pure, toft, and abundant
The charge f?e board. meJleaJ advice, and all ordinary attendance
of our ant, it ftdqfr week, payable weekly.
May I?3m TTSKhLYE, M. U , Proprietor.
IKFORMATIOK WASTED,
OF HEN KY CLAKK, a native of London.about thirty
year* of atra, who enliated In the United Sutea navy in
IMOor 1*41, and la probably atUl in that aervirr. it i,.
lievad that he married hie wife lu theelty of Within**.,Q
or in the Dlatriet of Columbia, tome eevrn ur tight ytkri
ago Any metnbar of hi* wife'a family or other prrton -v.mav
know anvthlne of bt~ ? -? - ?
___ - . . ? ?? ' prteent situation b* I
leaving the information with the Kditor of ?hig par*, Wl[, I
confer * great fasor upon hie etster,
SARAH CLARK I
Atnesbury, Mass., Mareh 10, IR61. Mar. 20.
L'AliILL TOLMAID, ~~~
CtOMMtSSION Merchant and Manufacturer*' Agent
J for th? ?ale of every deeeription of PLAIN A \D
PAINTEP WOODEN WAKE. Particular attention
given to shipping gowle promptly, at rbe lowest rate, ta
any part of the country t holer* solicited.
No 5 Canal and No 12 Merriuac atraeU, Boston, Mas achuaetta.
Jan. Ifr-6n
HOOK KB Ac HAWLKV,
ATTORNEYS and Counsallor* at law, Hartford.Connecticut.
JOHN HOOKKR.
Sept -12?Iy JOSEPH K HAWLRY.
NCWAPAPER AGENCIES.
VB. PALMER, the American Newspaper Agent.I* agent
for the National Era, and autheriiej t-> take AdvertUemenU
and subscription* at the name rate* a* required by
u*. Hie olllee* ar* at Boaton, 8 t ongrea* atreee; New York,
Tribune Building, Philadelphia, northwest euruer of Third
and Chestnut ?treeU; Baltimore, southwest corner of North
and Payette street*.
WT" S- M. PETTENUILL,Newspaper Adrertteing,Subscription,
and (fleeting Agent, Na. HI State street, Boston,
(Journal Building.)i* also agent for the National Era
DAVID TORRKNCE. NOTARY PI Bl.lt',
AVwicj, Ohio,
WILL take acknowledgments,deposition*,aRdaTtts,and J
pruteatatloni, In town or country t ie agent tor th* J
National Era. th# Ihiion M*r?ci ?'?- "
no. the A mem ait Lite 81* k Insurance Company, uj
will attend to the collection of claims generally ; aUo, Uttel).
tug leesiug, and renting real aetata.
Oalloway'e Building*, up stairs?corner room
Kept. I??lyr
L|M V*llii HOUIM, UREM TRIMMING*, fce.
f K MelLWAiN h SON, Philadelphia No 3 bunk
J ijr?g Importer* and dealer* in fringe*, Gimp*, ei.q
Button*, Hosiery, Wore*, Klbboua. Puree Twist CoroU
Steel Head*, Spool Cotton, Tape*, Needle*, Pin*, Bobbin*!
he he. ha. J?? <
WATWN h RKNWICK, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
A UK NTS for procuring Patent* in the United btatet '
A and foreign countries.
Tbey prepare Speeibcation* and Drawings of new invention*,
and transect all buaines* eouneeted with their prefoMton.
They will revioeand at tend to the recoaaideration bf those
application* which have been rejected by the Commissioner
of Parent* either on account of a detective specification end
drawing, or tb* presentation of an improper claim.
Per*,in* residing at adistance eiy procure all neeeesirv
.triuniiitflort iNcpeoiiu* ?*?>. -Jatui/v, . . t
may have their application* for patent* made in proper form,"
and may obtain patent*, without Incurring the expense ef*
partnnV *it*t*L. " by welting to the?ut...
?c riser*.
Model* can beaafelysent to u* by tb* Expresses
Rough sketches and de*criptlon* can b**ent by mail.
Letters mutt be post paid.
OHoeon f etreet,oppo*it*th* Patent Ofllc*.
r. H. WATSGN.
July 18 K. S KKNWict.
LARD OIL.
1MPROTKU LARD OIL.?Lard Oil of th* flnertquallty
equal to eperm for oombuation, al*o for machinery and
woollen*,being manufactured without acid*, cau alway* be
purchased and (hipped in itrong barrel*, prepared expressly
to prevent leakage Order* received ami executed for th*
Lake. Atlantic, and Southern citlc*,al*o lor the W ee11 nd ie*
end Canada*. Apply to
THOM AS K MKRT, Lard Ol I Manufacturer,
Jan. Ml. II Water etreet, near Walnut, Cincinnati, O.
LIBERTY ALMANAC FOR ISil.
THE American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society have
juet published another etereotyped Almanac, for th*
coming year, with epccial reference to the great question of
Slavery at the present time, and in the expectation that tb*
friends oT the cause throughout the country will co-operate
in diffusing extensively the valuable statistical and reading
matter it contains. Considering the expense at which the
Almanac ha* been prepared, the low price at which it i*
sold, and the increased ntrtiities for forwarding it, by express
or otherwise, from New York, over t.he whole of the Northern
States, it I* confidently expected tbat th* circuletioa
this year will greatly exoeed that of any previous year. So
much useful matter cannot well be circulated at lees expens*.
a uv niuiiuM ie uvEiunuiuri; priuieu, on aurr paper run
usual, with well-executed wood engravings, prepared expressly
for It, illustrating the escape of Henry Box brown,
a eoeue at Washington, and the kneeling Mare Mother Besides
the Calendar, which is equal in all reepsofs to tWu?'
the American Tract hociety'e Almanac Tor 1861, and the
holipses, Cycles, fco ,4.c , the Almanac contain* a variety
of interesting and valuable reading and atatiitiral articles
of aa antl-sTarery character, selected and original. The ,
prioea will be as follows: '
For one thousand copies .... 00
For one hundred copies - . . 2 50
For one doaen copies ..... 40
For a single copy ...... Id
The friends of the cease are earnestly Invited to co-operate
in riving a wide circulation to the Almanac, and e> send
their orders at an early day for a liberal supply. It ti suggested
that they make arrangements with merchants ia
their neighborhood, before visiting Mew York, to have a fsw
hundred Almanacs packed with their goods. In this war
the cost of transportation will be very ainall. If no such
opportunity oilers, the owners of expressed arc now mors
reasonable in their charges than heretofore. This mode of
conveyance is better than the post office, as every Almuna$
sent by mail, whatever the distance, costs two and a half
cents.
A Catalogue of most of the Publications for sals at the
Depository is anuexed, from which selections can he made;
and books and pamphlets can be sent with tbs Almanacs,
without much, if any, additional expense
Orders, enclosing paymrnl, in bank notes or poet office
stamps, may be addressed to
WILLIAM HAKNED, AetrU,
Aug. 8. 48 Beekman St., a few doors east of William st.
N M. Editors friendly to the eauee of freedom are re- I
speotfully requested to give the above an insertion, a< the
object in publishing the Almanac ia not to make money, bnt r i
to diffuae useful information. '
OK I'HOP V.IHI M K < ER V.
(THK I'SK OP THK K.MPK ItlSPHNSED WITH )
THK mausgereof the Parkeviile Institute (near Philadelphia)
hare opened a ward in that Institution, for th?
oure of DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BOOM,
such ascurvedspine,crooked limhe.de formed iemee,clubfeet
and all diseases of an aualogous character and alto hernia or
rupture, by means which render a resort to the use of the
knife unnecessary. These patients will he under the charge
of an experienced and skillful Orthopa-dic Surgeon, (IT 1
K. Cullen,) who was for four yeam a pupil of the late celebrated
Dr. HEHER CHASE, of Philadelphia, and ?t? ,
has for the last ten years devoted himself to this specialty.
Persons at a distance can consult with Dr. (lullen, 1 J
letter, describing the case and enclosing a fee of ten doilate,
directed to the care of Samuel IVibb, Secretary. No. Bo
South Fourth etreet, Philadelphia, to whom all application*
for admission are to be made.
T. F. CULl.KN, M. D-,
March 20?tf Visiting Surgeon. .
BENNETTS NATIONAL SKY-LltlHT OALLERY,
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
One deer east of Z. D. Oilman's Drug Mere.
EXHIBITION KKKF.
fTV) meet the Increasing patronage of this establishment,
X the Sitting and Exhibition Room* bare been enlarged, j
and fitted up in a style teooud to neae in this onnntrv.
It was aeeeeaary, also, to have more assistance iu Ate opt- I
rating department; and I have therefore associated with me
Mr. r. M. t-'ory, from New York, which will enable us te I
maintain tha present popularity of this (Isllery I
Some valuable additions to the ao lection of specimens 1
have been recently made, among which we will mentioa that I
?f JENNY LINO, taken from life, one of AMJN BEM, I
Turkish Knvoy; and one, from a Daguerreotype taken in 1
Rome, ef Powers'* statue of JOHN C. CALHOUN I
The collection of the United States Senate, inteuded for
exhibition at the World'* Fair, to be held in lendon in M?f
next, will be complete In a few days, a part of wbieh may be
seen at this time.
Having a superior Sky-Light, and one of the best Dermsa
Cameras, capable of taking portraits twslve times the usual
site, and twice the sixe of any iu ihis city, t?ge her with a j
constant and successful practice for the last twelve yeere, I
we feel confident In being able to furnieb Daguerroot}pee te j
tho*e who nut; want tbnu, whioh, fot i.etulj of fon', ciw
nee# of impreieton. life liko exprteelon, grace and sax- of
position,cannot bo *urpae*ed.
Hy a new and imprnred proccea practiced at thin eatabliabinent,
wo are enabled to take picture# in the ehort apace
of "no aeenud, enabling parent# to ?upply themselree with
perfect Daguerreotypea of their little one#, of all age#.
CO* Miniature# neatly ?ef in lockrta, bread) In#, huger
ring#, and netting# furnlibed, If dtilred.
N s m NKKTT
mm.?. f. m. ooby.
philadelphia type aid iteheotipk
FOUNDRY.
rpHK'aubaeriber wonld call the attention of printera to the
greatly reduced price# of the preeent lint. They now
I rt- rPlea
at - - - 30 cent#. Minion ... 4b cent#.
Small Pica 32 Nonpareil - - 5H
l#mg Printer 34 Agate 71
Honrgeoi# 'J? Pearl ... ItW
( Brerier . > 4] IHaaavnd * itiO
Iteferiolned to a|*re no expert## in making their e?Ublubinentaa
perfect a# pua#IUe,tbey have recently g<>t up a emplete
aet of the J'i#tly celebrated Snoh A-ca/ Lflln from
I'lamoiul to Knglieb, to which tbey particularly in rite attention.
Hiring lately made numerou# addition# to their etock of
fumy Tyt*?, Hor.lert, fh nomcti, #., their a#?. rtment it
now unrivalled |u the United Statea; ami their lotprored
method# of canting. and of preparing metal, enable them te
fnrntah crdera In a manner to Inanre aatlafhctioii.
Printing Preaaea. I -ane#, Standi, t.'hacea,Ualleya. Printing
Ink, and arery article need in aprln'ing ofllce, coaetenily
on hand. at l?e Ktweu raws.
Sornnd hand IVmoo,and Typo u?ed only In otorovtypiaf,
at rvtnocl prints.
Houka, Pamphlet*, Muaie, label*, A* A*., *to?o*typo?l
with norrffne?J ami deiipaUih.
N. K Kpooitaoa Booh* will b**rnt t? prlnf?r? who with
to rnak* order*. t. fWKauk it CO .
Jan X Wo * San*.hi ?r??i
M UIIKR AKRA?(iHIMT-IMI.
F'Om yetv York and Interwteduilt Pines.
THK Iumdea aad Amboy Railroad ami Philadelphia and
1 rent,.* Railroad Hnoo loorr Walnat Mr??t Wharf,
Philadelphia, for Now York, an followi.
I >1 class. tl class.
At ft A. M., Ha re?4oa ami Jetwey ( Ity,
(MUKla/?oaoo|4od,)fciw f.J gj (0
At 9 A. M , via I aoonjr ami Jeracy ( Ity,
Jft"
Atjt) A. M., Ha I aaJra ami South AmToy.lhw
fill
At 4 t ria 'amlen and South Amhoy.
thr* i ||
At A P. M., Ha Taooay and Jersey City, I
(daily.) tare - 3 2 50 I
KiaifTaut and Transportation Mm fr ,ni Philadelphia at J
4 P M .Ha Hirlentown and Month Ataboy, (oioopt San- I
tMUtnli H. I
Merc ham lie* tranepcrtni ai |.,? rata* to and from Rl. V orfc. I
M w n <.Al/>ihK, Ac,r,ll A A K R I ., I
May*?1?n JAS. HINkl.E, Agent P. At 1' K it Co I
JOHN W. RDRTH, |
A 17?**** aad i oaaoaUo* at Uw, aad deweml U?d I
A^^PalU ?/ M. Anthony, MteaaoHa TerriM? I